Pour-out or discharger for bottles



(No Model.)

J. W. CARTER. POUR-OUT 0R DISGHARGER FOR BOTTLES. 0 No. 500,260. w,Patented JuneZ?, 1893.

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JOHN W. CARTER, OF NEIVTON,MASSACI-IUSETTS.

POUR-OUT OR DISCHARGER FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,260, dated June 27,1893.

Application filed Tune 16, 1890.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. CARTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newton,in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Pou r-O ntsor Dischargers for Bottles, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature.

Itis desirable to provide bottles with a pour-out or discharger whichwill permit a regular or uninterrupted iiow of the contents of a bottlefrom it. It is also desirable, especially for certain classes of liquidssuch as inks, that the pour-out or discharger be structed to act as astopper aswell.

My invention relates to a pour-out which may also act as a stopper usedwith a bottle in thetransportation of liquids.

Referring to the drawings,--Figure l is a View in elevation of thepour-out. Fig. 2 is a View in vert-ical section of the pour-out. Fig. 8is a view of a bottle with the pour-out closing the same, the neck ofthe bottle and the pour out being shown in section. Figs. 4t and 5 areviews of modified forms of construction to which reference ishereinafter made.

The pour-out comprises a core a of wood. It has the round section a',which is of less size than the area of the opening to the bottle andupon which is fitted a sleeve, a2, of cork or other similar resilient orpacking material. The core et also has the outward extending fiange a3,which is adapted to bear upon the top of the upper edge of the neck ofthe bottle, and against which the cork sleeve abuts, and the uppersection or nozzle 0.4, preferably reduced in size and having a screwthread a5 uponv its outer surface extending from the top. downward, andfor certain uses the core also has the inward integral extension a6.There is formed in the core the relatively large escape or outletpassage a7, and which extends only through the main portion of the core,and in the core and the extension a6 the relatively small inlet passageas. These passages ci! as are separate from each other, and the outletassage a7 referabl is eccentric or Serial No. 355,541. (No model.)

nearer one side of the core, but the two passages extend the full lengthof the core and of the nozzle or extension 0.4 to the fiat end or topa9, so that they may both be stopped or covered by the same stoppingdevice. I prefer to use for this purpose a screw cap ctw of metal havinga packing au, in the upper end of its cavity to screw upon the threadedend of the core and press the packing firmly against the head a9 andthus close at the same time the two holes a7 as.

Instead of prolonging the core as represented in Figs. l, 2, and 3 toform the inward extension a, I may provide such extension by means of atube inserted in ahole in the core as represented in Fig. 4. p

In Fig. 5 I have shown the core as made in two parts, the lower part btaking the place of the sections a a2 shown in the other iigures, and ismade preferably of cork or similar resilient material and is fastened tothe upper section of the core by adhesive material, and preferably asection of its upper end lits into a pocket or recess in the lowersection of the nozzle, and when this construction is employed I preferto use tubes extending through the two holes of the core as represented.These tubes may be of metal where a non-corrosive liquid is to be passedthrough the discharge passage or where the liquid is not especiallyinjured or affected by the corrosion, or they may be of glass or othernoncorrosive material.

In the practical use of my combined stopper and pour-ont, the body ofwhich preferably is made of wood,it is essential that those portions ofthe same which are exposed to the liquid should be covered by a coatingwhich is liquid proof, so that the liquid cannot penetrate the body ofthe stopper, and which is non-soluble or non-corrodible when exposed toacids. For this purpose the body of the stopper is nished by japanning,or with other equivalent substance, so as to cover the same with anenamel, and this enamel or lacquer finish is applied not only to theexterior of the stopper but to the interior of the tubes or passagesthereof.

In transporting inks or other liquids the bottles or other receptaclesare liable to be placed up-side-down or in such positions as would causethe liquid to seek to escape from ICO the nozzles of said bottles orother receptacles were they not properly closed, and thus the pour-outStoppers, the bodies of which are Wood or equivalent absorbent material,would become soaked with the liquid if the internal walls of the tubesor passages were not coated with some liquid-proof and non-soluble andnon-corrodible material, and if the bodies of the Stoppers be of metalor similar material the coating prevents damage to the same bycorrosion. Should the body of the Stoppers, when of absorbent material,become soaked with the liquid from these interior passages the pour-outStoppers would be damaged by reason of the swelling thereof, and thusthe screw caps at their tops are liable to burst. It will therefore beseen that an essential feature of my invention consists in coating thebodies of the combined. Stoppers and pour outs with a liquid-proofenameling substance capable of resisting the action of the acid or otherliquids to be transported in the receptacles in connection with which myStoppers and pour-outs are to be used; and it is also important thatthis enamel coating should be applied to the interior passages of thetubes or openings as well as to such other parts of the device as areexposed to the inks or other 'liquids in the bottles; while theapplication of the enamel to the exterior and top portions of thepour-out Stoppers gives them a proper finish.

In use the pour-out may be employed both as a stopper for the sealingofa bottleduringshipment or until its contents are to be used, and thenby the removal of the cap, as a pour-out; or it may be employedindependently either with or without the closing cap after the openingof the bottle.

By employing the term bottle I do not mean to be understood as limitingthe invention to using the bottle as it may be employed in connectionwith jugs or other holding vessels having openings ordinarily closed bycorks or stopples, bungs or other closing devices.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secu reby Letters Patent of the United States- Y l. A combined stopper andpour-out, consisting of a body provided with separated pour-out andair-inlet passages, said body or such parts thereof as are exposed tothe liquid being protected by a liquid proof, nonsoluble, non-corrodiblecoating to prevent the liquid from being absorbed by or corroding saidbody, substantially as described.

2. A combined stopper and pour-out forbottles, jugs, &c., comprising aWooden-body or core a having a section a of less size than the area ofthe opening in the said body, an voutwardly extending flange a3 ofgreater size than the opening in the body, ashort nozzle a4 having ascrew-threaded portion 0.-", the said core or body being provided withau outlet passage or hole a7 and an inlet passage or holo a8, the latterbeing separated from the said outlet passage by a section of the saidwooden core or body, the sleeve a2 of cork or other similar packingmaterial applied to the section a', to abut against the iange a3, saidinlet hole or passage a8 being longer, so as t0 extend farlher withinthe bottle, than the said outlet passage, and the screw cap al to screwupon the threaded end of the said core or body and having the packing a,the said core or body and the interior of the said inlet and outletpassages being covered by a protecting liquid-proof and non-soluble,anti-corrosive coatingor enamel, substantially as set forth.

JOHN W. CARTER.

Witnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d,v J. M. DoLAN.

